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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 153014" data-attributes="member: 1194">1) wow, that would make INT mighty similar to CHA then, wouldn't it?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Because I NEVER see almost every class dumping their low stat in CHA....   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />  <--tongue-in-cheek ribbingHaving a 'low' INT (8) is a handicap - it affects your skill point disbursement and it's your primary stat for ELEVEN skills!(BTW: that's more than any other stat : INT affects 11 skills, WIS 8, CHA 9, STR 3, DEX 9, CON 1)Simply adding 2 more skill points, for instance, to everyone across the board in NO way makes rogues suck.As it is, I see no particular reason why WotC made INT as the stat that affects skills.Look around - I don't see smart people with more ability inherently to see better, listen better, sense someone's true intention, etc, etc.2) That's the way it's always been.CHA is just as useless, if not more so for many characters.3) Go ahead and make a paladin with 10 WIS and CHA, and you can happily be a 'role-player'4) Adding more skills or even feats doesn't break this sacred cow called "balance" any more than granting boatloads of magic to the mages unbalances things in 3E.Until D&D stops letting magic accomplish everything that any character can ever possibly do, I'll not sweat microscopic balance changes like what I (and many others) proposed.</blockquote>

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